O'Verde

With a laid-back garden terrace facing the pool, the O'Verde bar and restaurant is a little oasis 10 minutes' walk from the Paris Saclay convention center. There are dishes to waft you away, borrowed from Asian, Mediterranean and world cuisine. The chef's motto is: ingredients from here, flavors from everywhere. 

The restaurant's signature recipe, the O'Verde burger with guacamole, parmesan and coppa is a fine example of bold and successful fusion cuisine. The menu is wide-ranging but still favors short food-mile French meats and vegetables, with 90% local ingredients. So you get great times and sustainable cuisine in an unspoiled city oasis. The bar also celebrates regional specialties. Try a cold beer from the organic Marcoussis microbrewery in Essonne, or cocktails made with gin, rum and eau de vie from Île-de-France, for an after-work event in Palaiseau. And the evening boards of regional cheeses, charcuterie and artisan pâtés and rillettes will delight the most discerning palate.